Journal article
Identity, Conformity, and Nonconformity: A Closer Look
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol.57(7), pp.460-461
07/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.001
PMID: 29960690
Abstract
As clinicians, we have been vigilant to screen for underlying psychopathology in children and adolescents who meet criteria for gender dysphoria (GD) based on the risk these individuals have for developing externalizing and/or internalizing disorders, likely driven by a stigmatizing society. However, we have not paid careful attention to an often overlooked population, namely gender-nonconforming (GNC) children-especially those in community samples-who do not meet criteria for GD per se but who, according to the well-done and thought-provoking study featured in this issue, van der Miesen et al.'s "Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Gender-Nonconforming Children: A Canadian Community-Based Study,"
appear to share some similar psychiatric vulnerabilities as their peers with GD, with some unique features noted for natal boys versus natal girls. The few studies that have looked at this group of children have relied on clinical samples, which complicates whether the increased rates of psychopathology are in fact due to GNC-related factors versus inherently higher rates of psychopathology in clinical samples. Because of this, previous studies using clinical samples might overestimate the rates of psychopathology in GNC youths. Van der Miesen et al. smartly attempted to avoid that bias by drawing participants from the community and by excluding participants with any previous mental health diagnoses, including GD.
This study is a refreshing shift, delving into community samples and using a validated measure, the Gender Identity Questionnaire for Children (GIQC), thus allowing comparisons to be made with prior clinical samples.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Identity, Conformity, and Nonconformity: A Closer Look
- Creators
- Peter T Daniolos - University of Iowa's Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City. Electronic address: peter-daniolos@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol.57(7), pp.460-461
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.001
- PMID
- 29960690
- NLM abbreviation
- J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 0890-8567
- eISSN
- 1527-5418
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984083266402771
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